Hop Bunnies http://blog.hopbunnies.com A Craft Beer Blog Written by Women, Read by Everyone Tue, 04 Mar 2014 00:45:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Indianapolis Road Trip Indianapolis is a 4.5 hour drive from Cleveland.  So when the weather is perfect for a road trip (sunny, blue skies, but still cold enough where you can’t reasonably be outside for any length of time), why wouldn’t you make…

]]> http://blog.hopbunnies.com/2014/03/indianapolis-road-trip/ Surly Darkness Day 2013 This year, we decided to venture north and brave the elements for our first Darkness Day bottle release.  In October every year, Surly Brewing near Minneapolis, Minnesota, releases bottles of Darkness to the general public.  If you are willing to…

]]> http://blog.hopbunnies.com/2013/10/surly-darkness-day-2013/ SAVOR – NYC 2013 It has been a few weeks since I attended this year’s SAVOR in NYC.  I wanted to get my thoughts about this festival digested before writing a post.

In the past, Savor has been held in Washington D.C.  This is the…

]]> http://blog.hopbunnies.com/2013/07/savor-nyc-2013/ Michigan Beer Vacation This year’s KBS tap room release day, just so happened to coincide with my Spring Break.  And since we were already going to be driving 4 hours to Grand Rapids, Michigan, we figured, why not go a few days early and drive…

]]> http://blog.hopbunnies.com/2013/04/michigan-beer-vacation/ Voodoo Brewery Release I have to commend Voodoo on their first ever Black Magick and Big Black Voodoo Daddy release.

The hype on Beer Advocate suggested that with Voodoo supplying a tent and port-a-potties, the crowd was going to be huge.  Voodoo posted…

]]> http://blog.hopbunnies.com/2013/03/voodoo-brewery-release/ Michigan Brewers Guild Winter Fest 2013 Wow!  Michigan sure knows how to put on a beer festival.  If you ever have the opportunity to purchase tickets to this event, do not hesitate.  This year they sold out in 13 hours.  I will definitely be trying to…

]]> http://blog.hopbunnies.com/2013/03/michigan-brewers-guild-winter-fest-2013/ Tickets or Lines? Beer releases can be quite a controversial topic.  Ask multiple beer lovers what their preferred way to score beer at a release is and you will most likely receive two very differing opinions.  The two strong contenders in the beer release debate are tickets vs.…

]]> http://blog.hopbunnies.com/2013/02/tickets-or-lines/ St. Louis Brewery Vacation The Rare Beer Tasting Event that is held each year as part of GABF in Denver is actually a fundraising event for the Pints for Prostates campaign.  Along with sampling many rare beers, a silent auction is also held and…

]]> http://blog.hopbunnies.com/2013/01/st-louis-brewery-vacation/ 4 Elf Party – Dark Horse Brewery Steve and I started talking about attending the 4 Elf Release Party at Dark Horse Brewery back in October.  The party and release of this year’s 4 Elf Winter Ale was set to take place on December 8.  As more…

]]> http://blog.hopbunnies.com/2012/12/4-elf-party-dark-horse-brewery/ GABF 2012 Highlights Been back from Denver for a couple of days now and finally feel ready and able to compose an article reviewing the highlights.  Hopefully I can give you a little taste of what the Great American Beer Festival scene and…

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